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1. A, n. View full entry 1889
...Electr. In form A (also a) (without point). Ampere....
2. A-side in A, n. View full entry 1937
...(the music recorded on) the more important side of a single (single3n). Cf. B-sideB4b(f)....
3. ABC in A, n. View full entry 1929
...American Broadcasting Company....
4. ABC in A, n. View full entry 1931
...Australian Broadcasting Corporation (formerly Commission, Company)....
5. ABS in A, n. View full entry 1957
...acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a hard composite thermoplastic used to make rigid moulded products such as car bodies and cases for computers; freq. attrib....
6. a.c. in A, n. View full entry 1891
...alternating current; cf. AC/DC1....
7. A.C.C. in A, n. View full entry 1876
...anodal (or anodic) contraction, contraction of a muscle to which the anode is attached when an electrical circuit is closed; an instance of this....
8. ACTRA in A, n. View full entry 1963
...Alliance of Canadian Television and Radio Artists....
9. A/D in A, n. View full entry 1962
...(also A-D) analogue-to-digital....
10. ADC in A, n. View full entry 1961
...analogue-to-digital converter; cf. A/D...
11. ADSL in A, n. View full entry 1991
...asymmetric (also asynchronous) digital subscriber line (or loop), a technology for the transmission of digital data over standard copper telephone lines which allows the high-speed transmission of signals from the telephone network...
12. AE in A, n. View full entry 1977
...auto-exposure; automatic exposure....
13. AF in A, n. View full entry 1974
...autofocus; automatic focusing (also focus)....
14. AFC in A, n. View full entry 1934
...automatic frequency control....
15. AGC in A, n. View full entry 1933
...automatic gain control....
16. AI in A, n. View full entry 1963
...artificial intelligence....
17. ALU in A, n. View full entry 1956
...arithmetic and logic(al) unit....
18. AM in A, n. View full entry 1939
...amplitude modulation; cf. F.M.F3a....
19. APB in A, n. View full entry 1953
...all-points bulletin (see all6a)....
20. API in A, n. View full entry 1982
...application programming (also program) interface....
